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quitclaim : to release a claim to ;specif : to release a claim to and convey by quitclaim deed [required under the divorce decree to the property to his wife] quitclaim n ...
Quitclaim
Quitclaim, means to relinquish or release (a claim or right). To convey all of one's interest in (property), to whatever extent one has an interest; to execute a quitclaim deed, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1262....
quitclaim deed
quitclaim deed see deed ...
deed
deed 1 : something done : act [my free act and ] 2 : a written instrument by which a person transfers ownership of real property to another see also deliver, grantee, grantor, recording act, registry, title compare certificate of title NOTE: A deed must be properly executed and delivered in order to be effective. Additionally, the grantor must have freely intended to make the transfer at the time of the conveyance. Deeds are recorded at the local registry of deeds to give notice of ownership. bargain and sale deed 1 : a contract resulting from a bargain between a buyer and a seller of real property that creates a use in the buyer and therefore transfers title to the buyer by operation of law 2 : a deed in which the grantor makes no warranties of title to the grantee deed of trust : an instrument securing a debt in which a debtor conveys the legal ownership of real property to a trustee to be held in trust for the benefit of the creditor or to be sold upon the debtor's defaul...
title
title [Anglo-French, inscription, legal right, from Old French, from Latin titulum inscription, chapter heading, part of the law that sanctions an action] 1 a : the means or right by which one owns or possesses property ;broadly : the quality of ownership as determined by a body of facts and events after-acquired title : title that vests automatically in a grantee when acquired by a grantor who purported to sell the property before acquiring title ;also : a doctrine that requires such vesting compare estoppel by deed at estoppel NOTE: The doctrine of after-acquired title generally does not apply when the grantor receives title by quitclaim deed; to vest title in the grantee the deed must include words expressing such an intention. clear title : title that exists free of claims or encumbrances on the property [had clear title to the farm] ;broadly : marketable title in this entry equitable title : title vested in one who is considered by the application of equitable principl...
Quitclaim
A release or relinquishment of a claim a deed of release an instrument by which some right title interest or claim which one person has or is supposed to have in or to an estate held by himself or another is released or relinquished the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself...
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